Garment-hanger.



Patented Oct. 20, 1914,

/NVE/VTOR Lower J1 all 2a WITNESSES ATTORNEYS To all whom it may concernLonsna KALINA, or N W YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed Iaroh B, ma mam. 752,015.

Be it known that I, Lonsnn KALINA, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the cit ofNew York, borough of Brooklyn, in t e' county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedGarment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide. a new and improved garmenthanger, which is simple and durable in construction and arranged topermit the userto fold it into a comparatively small space forconvenient carrying in a vest pocket, suit case, traveling bag or thelike, and to allow of readily extending it and hanging it up on asuitable support for supporting coats,-vests, suits,

trousers, skirts, shirt waists and other .gar-

. ments.

a similar view. of the 1 In order to accomplish the desired result useis made of side arms in foldable sections,

a casing 0 en at the sides and adapted to hold the said side arms inextended or fold-- ed position, and a cover held to slide onthe saidcasing and adapted to open and close, the open sldes thereof.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

' which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the Vi8WS.

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe gar-' of the same with the coverclosed and theside arms folded within the casing; Fig. 3 is an edge viewof the same; Fig. 4 is a-sectional side elevation ofthe upper portion ofthe casing and the lower portion of the cover in raised position; Fig. 5is a sectional plan view of the garment hanger on the line 55 of Fig. 2;Fig. 6 is-a similar View of the same on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2; Fi 7 isa sectional plan view of oneside o the cover; Fig.8 is a reduced planview of the blank for forming the cover; and Fig. 9 is lank for formingthe casing. i

'In the general const ction of the garment'hanger use is made of acasingA and sectional side arms B, B, each-preferably. made oftelescoping actions B, B B, and B, the side arms being adapted tocentral pivot an passin 'opemng, in a top late pieces A, A. .A, A arebent transversel in opposite diof the side' latesD', with, inwar yextending lugs D adapted latter is raised.

be foldedtended position, and the casing is referably formed'from a sinle blank of s eet metal or other material gee Fig. 9) bent to proride abottom A, a front A and a back A, the upper ends of the front and backtermmatlng in transverse top pieces A, A extendlng toward. each otherand having up wardly-extendin lugs A", A forming a through a centraloverlying the top e terminals of the lugs rections (see Fig. 5) onto t eup er surface .:of the top plate C- so as to hold t e latter in placebut to allow the to plate to turn on the pivot formedby the ugs A, A.

A cover D isiused for closing the open sides of the casin A at the timethe side arms B, B are in o I casing A, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the;cover D is formed from asingle blank of sheet metal or ,other materialbent to provide a. to ED engaging vertically-dis osed lded positionwithin the see' Fig; 8) D and s1 e plates D ooves A, A forme in theinner aceso the front A and the back A of the casin A. The

side plates D D 'extend throug slots C, C formed in the top plate C sothat when the cover D is raised. ,to its full extent as shown in Figs. 1and 4 then it can be turned.

: with the top plate C. The .lower ends of the side plates D and D ofthe cover D' are prov-lded with lugs D.*,"D. adapted to engage openingsA? formed in flanges A? extending upwardly from the sides of the bottomA o thefcasingjA.

are also provided tofit the, ext'erio r faces of the sections B 'oftheslde arms B, B when moving the cover D upward into open position ordownward .into closed' position; The lugs D, D, D

and D" are adapted to abut against the under side of the top plate'Q tolimit-the upward movement of the cov'e fl) when the Theupperportions ofthe front A the back A are'out out as indicated-at A" to'provide.sufiicient room forthe lugs. D, D, D? and'D at the time the cover-[D isThe lower ends within the casing, as shown .in Fig; 2,] or raised,thef'cnt-ont portions'gku ttin 11o A to. allow lifting of -thecoveryDinto "openpositien ve .i

free I top plate It is understoodthat when the cover D is pusheddownward the lugs D, D snap into the openings A to lo.ck the cover inplace when in closed pos1tion. When it .1s desired toraise'zthe cover 1)it is only necessary for the operator to exert a slight mward pressureon the slde plates D, D? to disengage the lugs D, D from the opemngs Theinnermost sections B of the side arms B and B are connected by pivots Ewith the front A and the back a of the casing to permit of convenientlyswinging the side arms into open or closed position. When' the side armsB, B are swun'g'into open position as indicated in Fig. 1, then theinner sections Biof the side arms B, B rest on the'top edges of'theflanges A to support the side arms in a slightly inclined position, asindicated in Fig. 1.

A double spring F is held between the lugs A, A", and the free ends ofthe members of thedouble spring F extend into the casing A between theinnermost sections B and the side arms B, B', and the free ends of themembers of the double sprlng F are compressed when swinging the foldedside arms B and B into the casing (see Fig. 2),

so that when the cover D is raised into open position the spring Fimparts an outward swinging motion to the sections B so as to movedupward the lugs D, D" press the sections B of the side arm's B and Bslightly inward so that the spring F is placed under more tension, andwhen the lugs D, D" have left the upper ends of the sections B then thespring F forces the sections apart so that the same swing downward intoopen posltion as previously mentioned.

By giving the cover D an approximately inverted U-shaped' form the covervcan be readily hookedonto a nail or other support for suspending thegarment hanger from such support, and as the cover D and the top plate0- have a swivel connection. withthe casing A the latter. can be turnedaround so as to permit of conveniently placing a garment in position onthe extended side arms B, from. I Y Thegarment hanger constructed in themanner described takes up comparatively small space when the'parts arefolded, and

or removing such garment thereclaim as new and desire to secure m al-satare; ugactu'sd and readily folded or exten ed as es1r Having thus myinvention, I

by Letters Patent 1. A garment han er, comprising side tion, and acovermounted to slide 'up and down:o.n..

- v ng-t0 open and close the open sides thereof.

'2. A garment hanger, 'comprisingride" arms made in foldable sections, acasing open at the sides and adapted to hold the said 'side arms inextended or folded position, a

cover slidable on the said casingto open and close the open sidesthereof, and a top plate mounted to turn on the top of the said casingand slidingly engaged by the said cover to allow of turning the topplate and cover at the time the latter is in open position.

3. A garment hanger, comprising side arms made in foldable sections, acasing open at the sides and adapted to hold the said arms inextended orfolded position the casing being provided with vertical guidewaysadjacent the open side arms, a cover having side arms slidable in thesaid g'uideways, and a top plate held on the said casing and limitingthe cover in its outward sliding movement. I

A garment hanger, comprising side arms made in foldable' sections, acasing open at the sides and adapted to hold the said side arms inextended or folded position, the casing being, provided with verticalguideways adjacent the open side arms, a

cover having side arms slidable in the said guideways, and a top plateheld on the said casing and limiting the cover in its outward slidingmovement, the said top plate being mounted to turn on the casing andslidingly engaged by the said cover.

5. A garment han er, comprising side arms made in folda 1e sections, acasin open at the sides and adapted to hold the said side'arms inextended or folded position, a cover slidable on the 'said casing to penand close the open sides thereof, and a spring device held in themiddleof the top portion of the casing and adapted to be engaged by the saidside arms to start-the same on sliding the cover into an openposi- 6. Agarment hanger, comprising 'side arms made in foldable sections, a casinopen at the sides and adapted to hold the said side arms in extended orfolded position, and a cover slidable up and down on the said casing toopen and close the open sides thereof, the said cover and easing havinginterlocking means for locking the cover in closed position.

7.- A' garment hanger, comprising side arms made in foldable sections, acasing I open at the sides and adapted to hold the said side arms inextended or folded position, the casing being provided with verticalguideways adjacent the open side arms, and a cover having side armsslidable in the said guideways, the said side arms having lugs and thecasing having apertured flanges rising from the bottom, the flan esbeing adapted to be engaged by the sand lugs to lock the cover in closedposition.

8. A garment hanger, comprising side arms made in foldable sections, acasing open at the sides and adapted to hold the said sidearms inextended or folded position, the casing being provided with verticalguideways adjacent the open side arms, a cover having side arms slidablein the said guideways, the said side arms having lugs and the casinghaving apertured flanges rising from the bottom, the flanges beingadapted to be engaged by the said lugs to lock the cover in closedposition, and a top plate mounted to turn on the top of the said casingand slidingly engaged by the side arms of the cover, the casing and itsguideways having cut-out portions at the upper end adjacent the opensides to allow of turning the top plate and the cover at the t1me thelatter is in open position.

'9. A garment hanger, comprising side arms made in foldable sections, acas1 ng open at the sides and in which the said s1de arms are pivoted tohold the said side arms in extended or folded position and a covermounted :to slide u and down on the said casing to open and c ose theopen sides thereof, and means pivotally connecting the cover with thetop of the casing to allow turning of the cover at the time the cover isin uppermost open position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOESER KALINA.

